you took a trip

and climbed a tree

at robert sledge's party

and there you stayed

until morning came

and you were not the same after that

you gave your life

to jesus christ

and after all your friends went home

you came down

you looked around

and you were not the same after that

you were not the same after that



you've seen them drop like flies

from the bright sunny skies

they come knocking at your door

with this look in their eyes

you've got one good trick

and you're hanging on

you're hanging on to it



you took the word

and made it heard

and eased the people's pain and for that

you were idolized, immortalized

you were not the same after that

walking tall, you'd bought it all

you were not the same after that

until someone died on the water slide

and you were not the same after that

you were not the same after that



you've seen them drop like flies

from the bright sunny skies

they come knocking at your door

with this look in their eyes

you've got one good trick

and you're hanging on

you're hanging on to it